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He was previously aligned with the Azorius but found the paperwork far too tedious and the other Azorius-aligned archons insufferable

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The 4 power on the card is a big clock to quickly end the game

Its cheap, repeatable, and instant speed

Cards like Approach of the Second Sun or Maze's End usually see some play in decks aiming to break them

These discard type of creatures just need to disrupt our opponent long enough for us to enact our gameplan, but having such a critical mass of them often means that they will actually get to stick around on the battlefield and permanently end our opponents hopes for their cards while contributing to our own devotion count